Swiss Train Station Wall Clock

It was in 1944 that hans hilfiker engineer designer and employee of the federal swiss railways created an easily readable clock that fast became the official swiss railways clock.
Swiss train station wall clock. Station wall clock with seconds hand 36cm 36 50. The clock prominently displayed in every railway station in switzerland can be found more than 3 000 times across the country. With its origins in the bauhaus movement the official swiss railways design by hans hilfiker dates back to 1944 and has become an internationally recognised symbol of swiss aesthetics and quality. Official swiss railways wall clocks watch straps sustainability our promise search close esc translation missing.
The swiss railways clock from mondaine today is universally acknowledged as a classic. Large covent garden clock design 50cm 55 00. In fact more than 3 000 original clocks still grace swiss train stations. Black station clock 45 5cm 80 00.
The iconic look has been the blueprint for mondaine s watches since 1986. Since then it has become a swiss national icon included among examples of outstanding 20th century design by both the design museum in london and the museum of modern art in new york city and its. This is a fairly robust wall clock made for mondaine modelled on official swiss railway clocks which can be seen throughout the country s train stations. A purified form of modern classic design.
Official swiss railways watches. Brightly in the foreground or stylishly blurred in the background. Mondaine s official swiss railways watches are based on the iconic clock design used across the swiss federal railways sbb. The swiss railway clock was designed in 1944 by hans hilfiker a swiss engineer and sbb employee together with moser baer a clock manufacturer for use by the swiss federal railways as a station clock.
In 1953 hilfiker added a red second hand in the shape of the baton used by train dispatch staff. You can download the official sbb clock with its iconic design and choose how you want to display it. A chrome station clock second hand 45 5cm. For 2020 we update our iconic swiss railways wall clock dressing it up in a metallic monochrome for a modernist limited edition.
People make our watches not workers. Minimalist luxury is popular with people who appreciate restrained style. The clock like many of the brand s watches does not follow the standard swiss rail movement. Railway station wall clock 36cm 33 95.